Sep 25, 2025
Cenk Goes NUCLEAR On Trump For Inciting Violence
President Trump appeared to egg on violence when asked about who was responsible for the Dallas ICE facility shooting.
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Made responsible for the uplift
and the left wing violence.
Radical left rhetoric.
The radical left is causing the problem.
The radical left is causing
this problem, not the right.
The radical left.
And it's going to get worse and ultimately
it's going to go back on them.
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I mean, bad things happen
when they play these games.
Well, there you have the president
of the United States, Donald Trump,
issuing a thinly veiled threat
of counter violence against what he
refers to as the radical left.
Now, his comments
in the Oval Office this morning
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come in the wake of a deadly shooting that
took place at an Ice facility in Dallas,
Texas, in which one detainee was killed
and two others were wounded.
Now, a reporter asked the president
who was to blame for the shooting,
and I'm glad that the president
of all people was the one to answer this,
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because he's always been so honest and
factual, especially at times of tragedy.
So let's hear what his response was.
The radical left is causing the problem.
They're out of control.
They're saying things,
and they're really dumb people.
I mean, I look at Crockett,
I look at some of these people.
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They're.
They're, very low IQ people, actually.
And, I'll give you a little clue.
The right is a lot tougher than the left,
but the right's not doing this.
They're not doing it.
And they better not get them energized
because it won't be good for the left.
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And I don't want to see
that happen either.
I'm the president of all the people.
But the radical left
is causing this radical left.
Democrats are causing this problem.
And it's it gets worse, it gets worse.
And it'll be a point
where other people won't take it anymore.
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And that will not be good
for the radical left.
And we don't want that.
Although it does sound like the president
is egging that type of counter-violence
on, which would be disastrous.
And, as far as the right being tougher
than the left, I get where he's coming
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from, although there is some irony
to the president making that statement,
considering the fact that he's now
demanding a full on investigation
at the UN because an escalator stopped
as he and his wife were, or the First lady
were about to get on the escalator anyway.
But moving on.
Trump isn't the only member
of his administration
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ratcheting up the inflammatory rhetoric.
So immediately after the shooting
yesterday, J.D.
Vance, the vice president,
also accused Democrats of inciting
violence by simply criticizing Ice.
Meaning by simply practicing
what the Constitution of the United States
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affords the American people,
they are allowed to criticize
the federal government, politicians,
or anything they'd like, for that matter.
But J.D.
Vance appears to have a problem with that.
Take a look.
The very people who keep us safe ought
to be honored and protected and praised
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by Democrats and Republicans alike.
It is time to stop
the rhetorical assault on law enforcement.
Because here's what happens
when Democrats like Gavin Newsom
did say that these people are part of an
authoritarian government, when the left
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wing media lies about what they're doing,
when they lie,
about who they're arresting, when they lie
about the actual job of law enforcement,
what they're doing is encouraging crazy
people to go and commit violence.
If your political rhetoric encourages
violence against our law enforcement,
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you can go straight to hell and you have
no place in the political conversation
of the United States of America.
Let me be 1,000% clear here.
If someone says Ice is planning to carry
out a raid at the Home Depot parking lot
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in Northridge,
California, and we're going to go there
heavily armed and ready to shoot them,
that is inciting violence.
And that should be met
with an immediate investigation.
People getting arrested,
you get the point.
That is not protected
by the First Amendment.
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Saying that a government official
or a government agency is authoritarian
is protected speech, especially if the
government agency or the administration
is engaging in authoritarian acts.
I'll give you an example.
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So when you have members from
the Department of Homeland Security
going after students
who have student visas, PhD students,
if you will,
who just happen to co-write a piece
in their student paper that's critical of
Israel's conduct in the Middle East.
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When DHS snatches that person up
in broad daylight in plain clothes
because they didn't like her opinion,
that's authoritarian.
But I'm not inciting violence
by saying that.
And, you know, J.D.
Vance is not a stupid person.
J.D. Vance is a smart man.
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You might not like him, but you have
to admit educated man, smart man.
He knows the difference.
So the real question here is why he is
exploiting a tragic event in this country
to try to roll back constitutional rights
that are afforded
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to every single American in this country.
That's what we should be asking ourselves.
Go ahead Jake.
Yeah.
So he said there's a rhetorical assault
on, law enforcement.
So I can't stand the hypocrisy
on both sides.
So in this case, yeah,
there was a bit of a physical assault
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on law enforcement on January 6th.
So, look, guys, it's not to say, okay?
That means the right wing is more guilty.
It's just to say, you're kidding me.
Like, when it's convenient, both
sides attack law enforcement and then go,
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oh, the other side's doing it.
If you say they didn't attack
law enforcement on January 6th,
you're literally blind.
And I feel bad and you can't hear.
You can't see anything.
Did you not see the videos?
It's absurd to say
they didn't attack law enforcement.
So we're a fair show.
This is also attacking law enforcement.
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So obviously left and right
are doing it, to be fair.
Jake, I really want to be fair and not
hide the fact that he also said this.
So to be fair to Vice President Vance,
he also claimed
that political violence is oh, I'm sorry.
He said, it's not a both sides problem.
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Oh I see. Not a both sides problem.
All right. So now let's go to others.
Okay.
So I can give you dozens of right wing
shootings, complete with manifestos.
I am a right wing, neo-Nazi,
and I would like to start a race war.
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I went and shot up these people in a
black church because I hate black people.
I went and shot up these, Latino folks
in Texas because I am against immigrants.
I am a right winger.
I hate them, and I want to murder them.
Okay, how about Gabby Giffords?
We all forgot about Gabby Giffords, a
Democratic congresswoman shot in the head.
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So, look, guys, I'm not saying
the right is more guilty,
although it is a literal fact that there's
been much more right wing violence,
but now there is left wing violence.
And I hate it, I despise it,
I despise violence on both sides.
But this, this There's this obvious liar.
And including Trump too.
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Oh, it's only the radical left
doing it right.
Never done it.
Of course that's not true. Come on.
Please don't tell me that you're
that blind that you can't see it.
So then he says that's
why you can't criticize
anything we're doing as authoritarian.
Well, what happens when you do things
that are authoritarian?
Well, we have to just go. Oh, okay.
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Since we wouldn't want
to cause any violence,
I'm never allowed to criticize you.
Well, that's pretty convenient.
Very.
Okay, so what happens if Democrats get
in charge and they go, no, you can't
criticize me for being authoritarian,
so I'm going to tread on you.
I'm going to say you're a right winger.
I think you might do violence.
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You guys have done more
than the left wing.
I say the FBI's reports on it.
So that's it?
I'm locking you guys up.
Don't say I'm authoritarian.
If you say I'm authoritarian,
I'm gonna lock you up twice as much.
I'm going to take away all your rights
because you're not allowed
to speak anymore in this country.
What happened to freedom of speech?
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So you know why people
call you authoritarian?
Because you send Ice Man up
with no badges in unmarked vehicles
scares the living crap out of people.
That's not how we do things in America.
And now masked men in unmarked cars with
no badges are going around raping women.
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Because this is. That's nuts.
You know what we do in America
with law enforcement?
Not a right or left issue.
You show a badge that gives us faith
that that is the government,
and that you should not assault that guy,
you should follow his orders, etc.
And then if they don't follow the orders,
they can get all mad.
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But if what if I show up to your house
with no mask, no badge, and that's it?
I'm taking your wife and your daughter.
Let's go.
You're gonna think that it's a kidnaper.
You're gonna shoot the guy who,
like the right wingers, are gonna shoot
that guy more than the left wing is.
That's why it's important for law
enforcement to identify themselves.
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And just to give you more details
on what Jake was alluding to earlier,
because I don't want anyone to think
that Jake is saying
that the Ice agents are raping women.
That's not what's happening
because of the fact that Ice agents
have not been identifying themselves.
Disgusting predators
have used that to their advantage
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to essentially pose as Ice agents.
And then, you know,
there have been specific cases of women
who have been kidnaped and raped.
And there's no excuse for masking,
no badge, no excuse.
Yeah.
Oh, it the ice is, in danger
because they're arresting gangs.
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Cops arrest gang members every single day
in America, and they don't wear masks,
and they show their badges.
That's what we do in America.
We don't get scared
of gangs and criminals.
Go, oh, that's it. We're gonna.
Once you start covering up a mess,
this thing's on a road to disaster.
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So no. No deal.
JD Vance and Donald Trump,
we're not going to stay muted
and not rhetorically and politically.
Fight back because you are threatening us.
And what Trump said
there was a definite threat.
Okay.
You can go to plausible deniability
and you can go.
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Well, I mean, technically, he didn't say
that the right wing should do that.
He said he'd be concerned if the right
wing did that, but he said it in a way
that was super clearly a threat.
Now you can disagree with me
and say it's an interpretation.
That's fine,
but I got ears and I got eyes.
So I saw it and he's like, well, I mean,
the right wing would be much more vicious.
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You don't want that left radical leftists
on the radical left fault.
No, it's your fault.
You're the one driving up division.
You're the one saying
left, left, left, left, left.
Okay, I'm gonna come in
and bring in the military, etc..
Oh, I'm sorry,
am I being too critical of the president?
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Okay.
Oh, no. I know that's not allowed anymore.
That's not allowed anymore
from the guy who ran on freedom of speech.
So, guys, we are very balanced on policy,
but I'm not going to tolerate
anyone on the right or the left
taking away speech rights,
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doing authoritarian crap and then saying,
oh, I saw some two
super questionable dudes who conveniently
engraved stuff on their bullets.
And because of that,
I'm taking away all your rights.
No deal. And by the way, don't.
Trump should never talk
about low IQ people.
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A moron of epic proportions. Okay.
And did you notice?
I'm sorry, but I'm gonna say
did you notice every time
he talks about low IQ people?
I didn't think this was real.
And now I see it almost every time.
It's a minority.
All right. Go ahead.
And.
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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
similarly chastised Democrats,
saying this shooting must serve
as a wake up call to the far left, and
their rhetoric about ice has consequences.
Comparing ice day in and day out
to the Nazi Gestapo, the secret police
and slave patrols has consequences.
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Now, in reality, these ramped up attacks
on Democrats and the left
have been escalating for a while now.
So, for instance, back in August,
Stephen Miller made,
a pretty inflammatory statement.
And I want you to take a look
at what that was.
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The Democrat Party
does not fight for, care about,
or represent American citizens.
It is an entity devoted exclusively
to the defense of hardened criminals,
gangbangers,
and illegal alien killers and terrorists.
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The Democrat Party
is not a political party.
It is a domestic extremist organization.
- Unacceptable.
- Yeah.
Look, this country is not served well
by people like this.
Okay.
That seem to have way more interest
in getting Americans to hate each other
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than anything else.
It's pretty gross.
And yeah, and it works
because I now despise Stephen Miller.
I mean, I loathe Stephen Miller.
Oh. I'm sorry.
Am I not allowed to say that?
Have my speechwriters been taken away?
Okay.
Because of some theoretical,
supposed left wing shooter or something.
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And what if I said the same thing
Stephen Miller said about Republicans?
They're a domestic terrorist group.
They're the ones
that are causing all the problems.
They'd say, oh, my God, Jake,
you're causing violence.
Don't say that about the right wing.
In fact, I don't want you to be allowed
to say that about Republicans.
But I can say it about Democrats
all day long,
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and I can drive violence towards you.
I could use the government
to take away your rights.
I and so burn the Constitution
and just have us all hate each other
and say despicable things like that.
About half the country.
Stephen Miller is one of the most
loathsome people who has ever been
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in the United States government.
Am I allowed to say it, Stephen?
Am I allowed to?
Oh, no, I know.
Muslim. Muslim.
Don't let him say anything
about foreign government.
Don't let him say anything about Trump
or any of his stupid cronies.
We are 1,000% against violence.
Everyone should be against violence.
But saying that we're going to take away
the right wing's rights
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or the left wing's rights is un-American.
And Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem and JD
Vance and Donald Trump are un-American.
I hope that's clear enough.
Every time you ring the bell below,
an angel gets his wings.
Totally not true.
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